Black Earth Rising (2018)
As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and brought to the UK. But the tragic shadow of her past proves impossible to escape.
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Cast & Crew
- Director
Kate Ashby Michaela Coel
Michael Ennis John Goodman
Alice Munezero Noma Dumezweni
David Runihura Lucian Msamati
Patrice Ganimana Tyrone Huggins
Eunice Clayton Tamara Tunie
Florence Karamera Emmanuel Imani
President Bibi Mundanzi Abena Ayivor
Videos
Miniseries
2018
8 episodes
Season 1 of Black Earth Rising premiered on September 10, 2018
Rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide as a child, Kate was adopted and brought up in Britain by Eve Ashby, a world-class international lawyer. Kate has long struggled to escape the shadow of her past, but is now returning to work as a legal investigator in the same chambers as Eve, under leading international lawyer Michael Ennis. Kate and Eve's relationship is strained to breaking point when a controversial militia leader, who had once fought to stop the genocide, is captured in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Eve takes on his prosecution at the International Criminal Court.
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Keywords
- rwanda
- rwandan genocide
- genocide
- justice
- social justice
- genocide survivor